I think much of the time, it's overfed chameleons just dying from complications due to being FAT.



Every chameleon I've seen that "just died," was overfed for a long time. Many people have everything right, and the chameleon looks really good (people think fat, beefy chameleons are healthier than thin and lean ones), and they just "die".



"They're "supposed" to live 8-12 years, but mine just died after 3."



I hear it all the time. Being fat simply cuts a reptile's life in half, and makes them more likley to die of some other complication.

too many people feed their chameleons 10 crickets a day, every day, and think it's fine.



I've been, lately, pushing this "overfeeding" thing, but i have good reason. I have recently been workig at several events and shows where I was able to speak to close to a hundred ex-chameleon owners, and so so many of them "just died" - and were in apparant good health.



Thing is, they all fed their chameleons as much as they'd eat, all the time.

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• a thought about cham's "just dying" - lele, Thu May 18 16:15:28 2006
• RE: a thought about cham's "just dying" - kinyonga, Thu May 18 20:07:43 2006
• RE: a thought about cham's "just dying" - eric adrignola, Thu May 18 20:12:37 2006
• RE: a thought about cham's "just dying" - Carlton, Fri May 19 12:00:58 2006
• I agree with all of you... - lele, Fri May 19 16:12:15 2006
• RE: a thought about cham's "just dying" - nymph, Sat May 20 20:49:30 2006
• RE: a thought about cham's "just dying" - lele, Sun May 21 10:49:56 2006